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January 3 2012, 12:01am, The Times

Court of Appeal, Criminal Division

Published January 3, 2012

Regina v Oldfield

Where, on an application to withdraw a plea of guilty, there was a conflict between a defendant’s evidence and the evidence of his former counsel, the practice at many court centres by which a judge from elsewhere would be brought in to hear the application was to be commended.

The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (Lord Justice Jackson, Mr Justice Eady and Judge Jacobs) so held on November 22, 2011, when dismissing an appeal by Ryan Alexander Oldfield against his conviction at Preston Crown Court (Judge Knowles, QC) on July 29, 2010, on counts of rape and of sexual assault by penetration contrary to sections 1 and 2, respectively, of the Sexual Offences…